So I've tried to read this a couple of times over the past several years, but could never get into it. The first chapter or two were just so hard to get through - just so many names and characters and fantasy words. But now that I finished Shadow and Bone and know a little more about the Grisha verse, I gave this one another shot. Once I actually got into it, it was so great! I'm surprised at how much I ended up enjoying this one. I love a good heist story, and this one is so fun. I ended up loving all of these scrappy characters - but especially Inej and Kaz and Nina. But the whole squad had such great character dynamics that were so fun to read. Buying the next one to read immediately.

My biggest complaint is the ages of all the characters... as a teenager, I probably wouldn't have questioned it. But as an adult I just couldn't picture these kids so in my head, I just aged them all up ten years.